Court Permits Yoon Seok-yeol's Mother-in-Law to Change Residence Amid 'Bail Condition Violation Controversy'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jihwan] The court has approved the request to change the residence of Choi, the mother-in-law of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, whose bail condition violation controversy had arisen.

According to the legal community on the 6th, the Criminal Division 5 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Yoon Gang-yeol, Park Jae-young, Kim Sang-cheol) approved the bail condition change request submitted by Choi's legal representative on the same day.

Earlier, on the 5th, Choi's lawyer submitted a request to the court to change the registered address from Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi Province to Songpa-gu, Seoul. Choi was released on bail on the 9th of last month, about two months after being sentenced to prison and detained in the first trial, but controversy arose that she had violated the bail conditions thereafter.

The court granted bail to Choi with conditions such as residing in Gyeonggi Province and obtaining court approval when there is a need to change the residence. However, controversy arose over a bail condition violation when Choi was heard on the 4th speaking with a YouTube channel official, stating that she had "recently been mainly in Jamsil."

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